AIDENVengeful thoughts came through my mind as I was trying to figure out what my next move would be. I was trying to get back at everyone and everything all at once and that made it quite hard for me to think straight.On the foremost of my thoughts was Troy Maddox. That cute bastard seemed to have Ellie by a leash and I just couldn't bear to watch it.In the heat of my jealousy, I decided to make my way toward the football field. First I would scan the locker rooms and then I would check the pitch to see the bastard practicing. Perhaps, that was where he had wooed her with his super crisp movements on the field which had probably made her fantasize about how crisp he would also be in bed. For some reason, I always knew that hanging out with Jasmine would lead her to an addiction to high school athletes. Jasmine had a habit of crushing on them and would always want to infect everyone around her with the fever. “Ugh…” I had to admit to myself that I was disgusted by my thoughts. B
ELLIEHow dare he? I was sizzling in anger as I recalled how Aiden had called Troy a player like he was a saint himself. He was far more guilty of the crime he was accusing him of, and I believed I had been one of his victims. My mind was buzzing with streams of thoughts that kept coming one after the other, even as I was watching Troy on the field. “Are you alright, Ellie?” Jasmine noticed I was acting a bit off and was staring at me with a look of concern on her face while she spoke. “You seem a bit upset.” “Nah… I'm good…” I lied, even though I knew I was far from okay with all the thoughts that went buzzing through my head. Aiden's words had me seeing Troy in a different light even though I had reassured myself they hadn't gotten to me when he said them. I had been thinking of what Troy's past could have looked like and all the people he could have fallen in love with. He was too good not to be a playboy. There were a lot of questions I wanted to ask, but I just couldn't get
AIDENI started my car some moments after he had moved and I was soon on his tail although from a respectable distance. The way the jealousy burnt in me had me feeling like speeding up and stopping right in front of him.But I managed to keep my cool, even though I knew they would be having the time of their lives inside Troy's ride which was looking quite clean and I envied that a lot. He made me want to get back into sports once more, but that would be a conversation for later. I knew all that it was going to take to break it all apart was one move that would make them hate each other with a hatred that would supercede whatever emotions it was that made them crazy for each other.That was one of the reasons I was calm through it all and also followed Troy. They would feel my fury most unimaginably. The plan seemed workable in my head.I had never been as mindful of my actions as I had been at that point. It felt like I was in a defining moment. The pressure I was under had me wishi
ELLIEThe kiss had come with such an inexplicable suddenness that had me crumbling under the weight of his passion. I loved the way I felt safe and secure in those huge arms of his. There were a lot of things that made me wish that moment wouldn't come to an end anytime soon.“You’ve been looking forward to this, Troy…” I teased as I slowly put down the can of soda to keep it from spilling all over the place, before getting back into the kiss.He looked like he had been rehearsing every single thing he would when I would finally give him the chance to come that close to me. It was almost as though he had a series of movements pre-planned for the occasion.But then, as much as I was enjoying the moment, Aiden's words seemed to come back into my head, regardless of how many times I tried to do away with them. Most of all, his words about Troy being a player were all playing over and over as Troy was showing off some experience in what he was doing as his kisses began going lower and lo
ELLIEThe alarm clock buzzed and I was getting up to face another morning of school. It was a Friday and it was time to end the week on such a high note. I reached for my phone with such anxiety that I couldn't understand, as I had been expecting one of Troy's heartwarming morning messages that had me feeling like the best version of myself. But I looked through my messages and there was nothing of that sort. It was giving me some concern. I wanted to believe he wasn't up yet and was probably carrying out his other morning routines which didn't include me, of course.I made my way to the shower, which was still infested with memories of the steamy session Aiden and I had spent in there. It just couldn't leave my mind at that point, and it made me feel bad, as there just wasn't escaping it.As I stepped out of the shower, I was sure Troy's message should have come in by then. It would simply be an anomaly if it hadn't. There were a lot of thoughts sweeping through my helpless mind as
ELLIEMy heart was racing all through that morning as I still hadn't heard from Troy ever since. It had me wondering if that was a diplomatic way of saying it was all over. Even worse, I feared he was in some sort of trouble that made him unable to reach out to me. But then, I looked at my phone one more time and he had just been online a few moments ago. I hated that his lack of response was beginning to get to me, regardless of how much I tried to hide it. “Need a ride to school…? Your ride is taking too long to appear. You might be late before he gets here.” Aiden asked as I was about to step out of the front door. There were a lot of things about that offer that seemed quite suspicious.“Sorry, but I think I'll pass,” I said, not looking at him for a single moment as he made his way to his car. The excited smile he had on his face had me feeling somewhat angry. Somewhere in my mind, I believe he wasn't supposed to be happy without having gotten my forgiveness. But there he was
ELLIEIt had to be that he had gotten up on the wrong side of his bed. At one point, I wasn't sure I was still talking to the same guy I had met in the locker room that had been all over me.“What do you mean, Troy?” I asked as I still wasn't believing my ears. It was awful that I was about to begin my day with a reason to shed tears. But I held my resolve somehow. “I meant that we're not meant to be… together or seeing each other again.” Troy was stuttering at that point as he seemed to lack the words to put me away. “Are you kidding me now?” I asked, trying my best to keep my emotions from forcing me to create a scene there in front of everyone. “What did I do wrong?”“You didn't do anything wrong, Ellie.” He said, tiredly as though he was being tired out by the very fact that he was having that conversation. “You're not the problem here, it's just me.”“Talk to me, Troy. What's going on?” I was desperate to hear what he had to say, and what his inner struggles were. But somewher
ELLIE“And just like that, he said he thinks we shouldn't be seeing each other anymore…” I let out in tears to Jasmine who was more than willing to listen to how my ordeal with Troy had ended so abruptly before it could get the chance to begin.I was running out of tears to cry at that point, as it was almost feeling like my world was falling apart in one instant. It was hard to imagine myself crying out tears like that up until that moment.“But that doesn't sound like the Troy I know.” Jasmine sounded just as surprised as I had been when I heard him break it down to me suddenly. “It almost sounds like something could have gotten into him. Maybe he didn't mean it.”Those words had me feeling no better than I was at that point. It was just like a massage on a dead body. I had accepted the fate Troy had left me to but the pain was going to take a while for me to heal from.“Calm down, Ellie. Stuff like that happens.” Jasmine's words were not making me feel any better, but then I just h
ELLIE "Kai, what do you mean you're here to take me out?" I asked, trying to hide the confusion and surprise in my voice. I could feel my heart beating faster, not because of excitement, but because I knew this visit wasn't going to end well. "I'm serious, Ellie. I mean every word I said, I want to take you out," Kai replied, his smile widening, reaching his eyes. "I wanted to spend some time with you. Just the two of us. Away from everyone else." I crossed my arms, trying to appear nonchalant. I didn't know what to say or do. As Kai spoke, my eyes didn't leave the door, as I was afraid Aiden might walk through it. I hated these kinds of visits. "Kai, this is unexpected. You should've called first." I swallowed. "I'm sorry for that, I know," the blue-eyed guy apologized, covering the space between us, "But I needed to see you. In person. And to be honest, I didn't want to give you a chance to say no over the phone." I sighed, glancing around the room as though searching for an
AIDEN It felt like my heart was going to be right out of my chest as I was seeing my tears happening right before my eyes. The phone in my hand grew shaky even though I was still filming the scenery of my mother's betrayal of Ellie's father who had probably trusted her enough to leave her all that time to go handle business somewhere else. Regardless of what I felt while watching my mother kissing another man who fortunately wasn't the cocky Dylan who had tried to have a go at Ellie. But it was still as painful as the betrayal that it was. I didn't know what it was that had me feeling just as hurt as the one who was being cheated on. There just weren't any words for the pain in my heart. With total disregard for repercussions and consequences, I drove the car right to where the car which my mother had been parked. I was speeding like I wanted to hit it from behind. There were just too many things that made me feel like I was about to create the biggest scene ever. The tires
AIDEN There was nothing cinematic about the moment as Ellie had remarked over the phone. The pressure of the moment was simply palpable on me as it was all feeling like I was going to get caught or I was going to catch my mother doing something that wouldn't leave my head in a while. For the past couple of moments, I had been following her from behind from the safest distance possible. There had been a few times when I had been close to losing them in the Manhattan traffic, but I managed to stay on track somehow and that had been something to be proud of as I was simply too good at that. Every single moment had me recalling back when I had been following Ellie and Troy. The heat of my jealousy back then had simply been over the limits and that had me feeling like I had been some hopeless stalker, not knowing that ability would come in handy in an even more important predicament. “Please don't be Dylan…” I had lost count of how many times I had muttered those words to myself and
ELLIE "I just hit the road now, and I'm hot on her tracks as we speak," Aiden said through the phone as though he was in the middle of a theft where he was being pursued by a troop of cop cars. "The target vehicle is in view as we speak." "You are sounding like some secret agent right now…" I teased from my end of the line even though the situation was quite a serious one which would tell him all he needed to know about his mother's deeds. "You can say that again. I'm giving her as much space as I can. I just want to see where this car goes from here." "Are you sure this would work?" I asked, still wondering if it was worth it after he had seen some other women like her. I felt like he would be going on a wild goose chase if he would insist on following her to where she was going. "What if you get caught?" "Ellie I followed you to Troy's house one time and you didn't…" Aiden took hold of himself at once as he just realized that he had given himself away with that misplaced stat
AIDENA new day had come and I wasn't sure of the plan that I had in mind as I was soon trying to get myself ready to face my mother who had been the reason for my fallen mood. It was quite annoying and embarrassing that my suspicions were looking to be true at that point, even after all the drama she had used in trying to get away the last time. As I walked down the stairs, to head for the court at the back, I had my eyes open and ready for any signs of my mother. I could almost tell how it would all end if I dared to confront her upfront. There was simply no means of telling that she had been on the phone with some guy named Dylan to whom she had confessed love. That would lead me to defeat all over again. I would possibly have to apologize when she was the one who was at fault. That was one of the worst predicaments for me. "Be smart…" I said to myself as I was simply trying my best to keep it all cool and calm as I had the ball in my hands ready to take out all of the mixed fe
KAIThey were up to something. I just knew it but I just couldn't prove it. That was the main source of my frustration as I held that ball in my hands while I was still trying my best not to take my focus off the ball and the hoop which was the only thing that I could control at that point..But it was hard not to think of Aiden having a good time with Ellie. There were just too many things on my mind as I was trying not to think of anything that had to do with Aiden and that one girl that wouldn't leave my mind. "Ugh…" it was all feeling like I was stuck in some sort of cycle that just wouldn't end. The cycle always began with the sight of Aiden and his so-called sister whom he claimed not to be screwing. After seeing them, the thoughts would just stick in my head and I would need basketball to get it off my head.I sank the shot, but I still wasn't feeling the satisfaction that I used to get from the sport before it became a means for me to get my mind off Ellie. The only thing tha
AIDEN"I think your mother is seeing someone else…" Ellie said with such a sad look on her face.At first, I had been relieved that it hadn't been the news of my scuffle with Gina. But then, I was even more troubled by the fact that a suspicion that I had allowed to fallow when it had caused a lot of trouble the first time, was now popping up from a source that wasn't me. That aroused all my suspicions which had been buried beneath the layers of my conscience. I had swallowed them up the leg time because of my mother who had been hurt by it. But it was all popping out again. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was getting to the bottom of the whole thing that had taken place in that awkward weekend which had happened in almost a blur.The memory of the texts was coming back to my head. The words and the emotions that seemed to have been behind them when they had been sent. There was no way that moment couldn't stay etched in my mind which seemed to be susceptible to
AIDENThere was a rush in my very being as I was trying to make sure that I could get to Ellie before the news of me and Gina would get to her. It felt like my rush would all end up being in vain as I was trying not to let it all get to me. At that point, I was beginning to rehearse the words I would use in explaining myself, just in case it turned out that I hadn't been quick enough. I was almost pulling over like I had robbed a bank. I just hoped I wouldn't be asked too many questions about that as all of that was beginning to make me lose my cool. I was willing to do anything to make that save happen.There wasn't any time to look back as I got out of the car and made my way to the front door which I opened with my key, as I felt like knocking would only go on to waste the little time I had even more."What's all this about?" Mother asked as she was thinking of what could have been making me run like there was some fire I was trying to put out somewhere. "What's gotten into you?"
SANDRA"How dare she?" I muttered to myself as I realized that she had hung up on me yet again as she was making a show of her youthful arrogance. Everything about her seemed to remind me of her father, and it was simply annoying that all I could do was stay behind those bars all day and all night while complaining about how miserable being in there had been for me. The thoughts of her father brought me pain, shame, and regret, and that was exactly what came to mind each time I thought of Ellie. That had been why I had gotten so ticked off when she pointed out that I always took it out on her. It was hard for me to think straight at that point.Right there at that moment, I was feeling the pain that came with all of the memories which I had been suppressing all that time. It felt like the canister that had been holding it all together had been popped open by the way that my daughter had spoken to me. I just couldn't wait to get out of there and come teach her a lesson. Ellie had gro